9727583

Interactive Physical Display

PublishedAugust 8, 2017
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Technical Abstract

Patent Claims
18 claims

Legal claims defining the scope of protection, as filed with the USPTO.

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1. An apparatus comprising: at least one receiver configured to receive sensor information; and at least one processing core configured to determine, based at least in part on the sensor information, a position of the apparatus with regard to a physical surface and to obtain or cause obtaining of a second image relating to the determined position, wherein a first image is located on the physical surface, wherein obtaining the second image comprises obtaining static content based on the position of the apparatus with regard to the physical surface and obtaining dynamic content based on a virtual space associated with the physical surface, wherein the dynamic content comprises current, dynamically updating data, wherein the apparatus is configured to display the second image on a screen comprised in the apparatus, on an opposite side relative to the physical surface, wherein the screen obstructs a first portion of the first image, the first portion being less than an entirety of the first image, wherein based on the first portion a second portion of the first image is determined to display the static content in the second image, wherein the second image displayed on the screen comprises both the static content and the dynamic content, and wherein the displaying of the static content depends on a parameter within the virtual space.

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2. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the apparatus is attachable to a device via a communications connection, and the apparatus is configured to provide the second image to the device.

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3. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the apparatus is attachable to a device via a connection as an accessory, and the apparatus is configured to cause displaying of the second image.

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4. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein obtaining the second image comprises the at least one processing core rendering the second image.

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5. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein obtaining the second image comprises the at least one processing core causing a graphics processor to render the second image.

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6. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one receiver is further configured to receive information defining a touch interaction and the at least one processing core is configured to associate the touch interaction with a dynamic content element comprised in the second image.

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7. The apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the at least one processing core is further configured to determine, during the touch interaction, a new a position of the apparatus on the physical surface.

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8. The apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the at least one processing core is further configured to determine, after determining the new position of the apparatus with regard to the physical surface, an end of the touch interaction and to responsively cause an input to be transmitted into the virtual space.

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9. A method comprising: receiving, in an apparatus, sensor information; determining, based at least in part on the sensor information, a position of an apparatus with regard to a physical surface, wherein a first image is located on the physical surface; obtaining a second image relating to the determined position, wherein obtaining the second image comprises obtaining static content based on the position of the apparatus with regard to the physical surface and obtaining dynamic content based on a virtual space associated with the physical surface, wherein the dynamic content comprises current, dynamically updating data wherein the device comprises the apparatus; and displaying, by the apparatus, the second image on a screen comprised in the apparatus, on an opposite side relative to the physical surface, wherein the screen obstructs a first portion of the first image, the first portion being less than an entirety of the first image, wherein based on the first portion a second portion of the first image is determined to display the static content in the second image, wherein the second image displayed on the screen comprises both the static content and the dynamic content, and wherein the displaying of the static content depends on a parameter within the virtual space.

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10. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the apparatus is attachable to a device via a communications connection, and wherein the method further comprises providing, by the apparatus, the second image to the device.

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11. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the apparatus is attachable to a device via a connection as an accessory and the method further comprises the causing, by the apparatus, displaying of the second image.

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12. The method according to claim 9 , wherein obtaining the second image comprises rendering the second image or causing a graphics processor to render the second image.

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13. The method according to claim 9 , further comprising receiving information defining a touch interaction and associating the touch interaction with a dynamic content element comprised in the second image.

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14. The method according to claim 13 , further comprising determining, during the touch interaction, a new a position of the apparatus with regard to the physical surface and determining, after determining the new position of the apparatus with regard to the physical surface, an end of the touch interaction and responsively causing an input to be transmitted into the virtual space.

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15. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the sensor information comprises at least one of the following: digital camera output data, near-field communication data and low-power radio triangulation data.

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16. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the obtained dynamic content is associated with a location in the virtual space that is associated with the position of the apparatus with regard to the physical surface.

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17. The method according to claim 9 , further comprising modifying a first dynamic content element comprised in the second image responsive to a touch interaction on the first dynamic content element.

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18. A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon a set of computer readable instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause an apparatus to at least: receive sensor information; determine, based at least in part on the sensor information, a position of the apparatus with regard to a physical surface, wherein a first image is located on the physical surface; and obtain a second image relating to the determined position, wherein obtaining the second image comprises obtaining static content based on the position of the apparatus with regard to the physical surface and obtaining dynamic content based on a virtual space associated with the physical surface, wherein the dynamic content comprises current, dynamically updating data, wherein the apparatus is configured to display the second image on a screen comprised in the apparatus, on an opposite side relative to the physical surface, wherein the screen obstructs a first portion of the first image, the first portion being less than an entirety of the first image, wherein based on the first portion a second portion of the first image is determined to display the static content in the second image, wherein the second image displayed on the screen comprises both the static content and the dynamic content, and wherein the displaying of the static content depends on a parameter within the virtual space.

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Publication Date

August 8, 2017

Inventors

Mika Pesonen
Johannes Rajala

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